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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Dawn to dusk: An imam's life By Dominic Casciani BBC News community affairs
Maulana Saeed consults his library Completing our series of features on religious leaders, the BBC spends a day with an imam who explains what they do in their communities. It can't be easy rising in the middle of the night. Most of us only ever do it for the entirely selfish reason of an early flight to summer sun.
But there are people who do it day in, day out, all year round.
Maulana Saeed Ahmed's day in Preston begins with the first of five prayers he will lead in a mosque as one of the imams to the city's estimated 11,000 Muslims.
And so for Maulana Saeed (Maulana is comparable to 'the reverend') the summer months have seen him wake at between 4am and 5am and head round the corner to the Jamea Masjid (loosely meaning central mosque) where he will hold a brief prayer, before returning home.
Mosque: 11,000 Muslims in Preston "I'm required as an imam to go to the mosque but for most people it's a case of a short period of being awake in their own homes before returning to sleep again.
"The prayers show that someone is in constant contact with God throughout every day of their life," he says.
"Islam says that our loyalties lie with God: for all that he has given us in life, worship him five times a day. It's the least that we can do in return."
The life of an imam is rooted in a community; his principal task is to literally lead the prayers but also to deliver the Friday sermon, the Islamic equivalent of the Sunday service in a Christian church.
Maulana Saeed shares his responsibilities with a colleague. Among their other duties are education and pastoral care. He teaches in two schools while his colleague, Maulana Ilyas, focuses on the pastoral and outreach elements of their job.
Their final responsibility is leading ceremonies for the dead, starting with the ritual washing of the body in the mosque and ending with prayers by the grave.
British education
For Maulana Saeed, Preston has been his community ever since his father brought him to the town from India as a little boy in the early 1970s. His father was the then imam to the growing community and had presided at the original mosque - a converted vicarage.
Leading prayers: An imam's day.
In pictures
But what makes Maulana Saeed different is his education: along with a growing number of imams, his initial education was here in the UK, rather than abroad.
While there has been much historic criticism of imams serving mosques without a hint of English being spoken - something credited with alienating youths who grow up British - there is a new breed of imams who it is hoped are more attuned to modern British life.
The Home Office has imposed language tests on immigrant ministers of religion (something that has particularly taxed Britain's Hindus who are concerned at the declining number of available priests in their temples), but British Muslims are seeking to expand how they train their own imams.
In the case of Maulana Saeed, he went to a local state school before taking his Islamic studies at one of the first Islamic seminaries in the UK. He then gained a place at Medina University in Saudi Arabia, one of the principal seats of Islamic higher education in the Arabic world.
"It was a beautiful experience," he says. "It would be like a Roman Catholic priest going to work in the Vatican. Some of the best years of your life."
But given that many people see Islam and modern Britain as two separate worlds, how does all of this work in practice?
Office parties
An imam's duties include providing ethical guidance to his community. One issue that has come up for Maulana Saeed in the past has been what to do about Christmas office parties.
It's very easy to give the right guidance because people [non-Muslims] do not appreciate how good a job the Prophet and his companions did in passing the messages on and providing guidance While there is no doubt in Islam that drinking is 'haram' (forbidden) the advice he says that is given by many imams does not prevent people attending parties where drink is available.
"A lot of what happens is about perceptions - we have to ensure that we do not give a bad impression of our religion. The best thing to do of course would be not to go to a pub. But what happens if you have something special coming up, the departure of a work colleague, a special party and so on?"
Maulana Saeed said a Muslim would need to consider for themselves whether attending the party is something they should do because, as someone who wants to play a positive role in society, they would like to wish their departing colleague well in their career, or celebrate the success of their work and so on. This, he says, illustrates the subtleties of Islamic thought that non-Muslims tend to miss.
'Do the right thing'
"Living in society means you have to make sure that you do the right thing," he says.
ISLAMIC SEMINARIES Study starts aged five Study of the Koran and other textsIslamic law and practiceMore now offering GCSE tuitionLinks growing to higher education
Inside Britain's Islamic colleges "And it's very easy to give the right guidance because people [non-Muslims] do not appreciate how good a job the Prophet and his companions did in passing the messages on and providing guidance.
"The guidelines set what is permissible and what is not. It's just a case of applying them to modern society."
So what does he think when people suggest that religiously observant Muslims don't fit in well, that they cannot live comfortably in modern Britain.
"People talk about this but I'm not personally aware of this supposedly internal dilemma that Muslims are supposed to face.
"There are enormous numbers who go to mosque and colleges at the same time; they don't have a problem integrating while sticking to their religious principles.
"A lot of Muslims from around here are into football. I know people who go to mosques and also went to Istanbul to support Liverpool in the Champions League final, Muslims and non-Muslims travelling together.
"At the end of the day, it's about respect for each other. But where people demand that someone should compromise their beliefs - that's where clashes arise, in whatever circumstances."
Posted by cuputerhormat. at 10:56 PM
Maulana Saeed consults his library Completing our series of features on religious leaders, the BBC spends a day with an imam who explains what they do in their communities. It can't be easy rising in the middle of the night. Most of us only ever do it for the entirely selfish reason of an early flight to summer sun.
But there are people who do it day in, day out, all year round.
Maulana Saeed Ahmed's day in Preston begins with the first of five prayers he will lead in a mosque as one of the imams to the city's estimated 11,000 Muslims.
And so for Maulana Saeed (Maulana is comparable to 'the reverend') the summer months have seen him wake at between 4am and 5am and head round the corner to the Jamea Masjid (loosely meaning central mosque) where he will hold a brief prayer, before returning home.
Mosque: 11,000 Muslims in Preston "I'm required as an imam to go to the mosque but for most people it's a case of a short period of being awake in their own homes before returning to sleep again.
"The prayers show that someone is in constant contact with God throughout every day of their life," he says.
"Islam says that our loyalties lie with God: for all that he has given us in life, worship him five times a day. It's the least that we can do in return."
The life of an imam is rooted in a community; his principal task is to literally lead the prayers but also to deliver the Friday sermon, the Islamic equivalent of the Sunday service in a Christian church.
Maulana Saeed shares his responsibilities with a colleague. Among their other duties are education and pastoral care. He teaches in two schools while his colleague, Maulana Ilyas, focuses on the pastoral and outreach elements of their job.
Their final responsibility is leading ceremonies for the dead, starting with the ritual washing of the body in the mosque and ending with prayers by the grave.
British education
For Maulana Saeed, Preston has been his community ever since his father brought him to the town from India as a little boy in the early 1970s. His father was the then imam to the growing community and had presided at the original mosque - a converted vicarage.
Leading prayers: An imam's day.
In pictures
But what makes Maulana Saeed different is his education: along with a growing number of imams, his initial education was here in the UK, rather than abroad.
While there has been much historic criticism of imams serving mosques without a hint of English being spoken - something credited with alienating youths who grow up British - there is a new breed of imams who it is hoped are more attuned to modern British life.
The Home Office has imposed language tests on immigrant ministers of religion (something that has particularly taxed Britain's Hindus who are concerned at the declining number of available priests in their temples), but British Muslims are seeking to expand how they train their own imams.
In the case of Maulana Saeed, he went to a local state school before taking his Islamic studies at one of the first Islamic seminaries in the UK. He then gained a place at Medina University in Saudi Arabia, one of the principal seats of Islamic higher education in the Arabic world.
"It was a beautiful experience," he says. "It would be like a Roman Catholic priest going to work in the Vatican. Some of the best years of your life."
But given that many people see Islam and modern Britain as two separate worlds, how does all of this work in practice?
Office parties
An imam's duties include providing ethical guidance to his community. One issue that has come up for Maulana Saeed in the past has been what to do about Christmas office parties.
It's very easy to give the right guidance because people [non-Muslims] do not appreciate how good a job the Prophet and his companions did in passing the messages on and providing guidance While there is no doubt in Islam that drinking is 'haram' (forbidden) the advice he says that is given by many imams does not prevent people attending parties where drink is available.
"A lot of what happens is about perceptions - we have to ensure that we do not give a bad impression of our religion. The best thing to do of course would be not to go to a pub. But what happens if you have something special coming up, the departure of a work colleague, a special party and so on?"
Maulana Saeed said a Muslim would need to consider for themselves whether attending the party is something they should do because, as someone who wants to play a positive role in society, they would like to wish their departing colleague well in their career, or celebrate the success of their work and so on. This, he says, illustrates the subtleties of Islamic thought that non-Muslims tend to miss.
'Do the right thing'
"Living in society means you have to make sure that you do the right thing," he says.
ISLAMIC SEMINARIES Study starts aged five Study of the Koran and other textsIslamic law and practiceMore now offering GCSE tuitionLinks growing to higher education
Inside Britain's Islamic colleges "And it's very easy to give the right guidance because people [non-Muslims] do not appreciate how good a job the Prophet and his companions did in passing the messages on and providing guidance.
"The guidelines set what is permissible and what is not. It's just a case of applying them to modern society."
So what does he think when people suggest that religiously observant Muslims don't fit in well, that they cannot live comfortably in modern Britain.
"People talk about this but I'm not personally aware of this supposedly internal dilemma that Muslims are supposed to face.
"There are enormous numbers who go to mosque and colleges at the same time; they don't have a problem integrating while sticking to their religious principles.
"A lot of Muslims from around here are into football. I know people who go to mosques and also went to Istanbul to support Liverpool in the Champions League final, Muslims and non-Muslims travelling together.
"At the end of the day, it's about respect for each other. But where people demand that someone should compromise their beliefs - that's where clashes arise, in whatever circumstances."
Posted by cuputerhormat. at 10:56 PM
Saturday, December 22, 2007
lawak pak arab.
nah. patut di buat di inspirasi tu abang mulana atu. tapi ada jua yang capi2 arab ani . aneh caranya becali. 'membaijap' lah nya orang tua kitani.
cuba liat.
lawak pak arab 1
pak arab 2
pak arab paranoid. hahaha wondering whats on his head
pak arab 4.
cuba liat.
lawak pak arab 1
pak arab 2
pak arab paranoid. hahaha wondering whats on his head
pak arab 4.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Issue global warming
okay. puas2 dah ngucap orang. lagi productive rasanya kalau cakap pasal issue2 zaman kitani. tadi yang ku ucap atu kira issue pulang tu. tapi inda se-serious masalah global warming yang di hadapi oleh tamadun kitani ani lah.okay serious sedikit........ Crisis global warming telah dikatakan oleh scientist scientist yang baru memenangi nobel prize baru2 ani bahawa masalah global warming boleh membuat planet kita hancur musnah. mau lagi bukti? cuba liat kejadian2 tsunami di bali, phuket, acheh. all of this is because of global warming.sorry lagi nyaman bunyi nya kalau speaking.
MAU LAGI BUKTI??? okay...nah.. Mengikut firasat pembaca IPCC (intergovernmental panel on climate change ) report dunia 2007 menunjukkan bahawa 'arctic ice cap is melting three times faster than what scientists have predicted' nah.. parah tu!!!kalau sea levels naik. cuaca pun inda menantu!!! cuba imagine dunia kami di tahun 2020 . .berasap bui. gempa bumi inda menantu. mau kamu kan?????
jadi cana?? adakah cara hidup se-dunia akan betukar dengan secara drastik in the years to come? pikir lah kamu sendiri2. dont take electricity and resources for granted.
moral of the story: jangan membazir!!rajin2 baca berita. takut takut ketinggalan zaman.
join the cause to stop global warming.
'PLEASE DONT PUT YOUR LIFE IN THE HANDS, OF A ROCK AND ROLL BAND
ahh.. kebanyakan kanak2 muda masa ani gagas kan ngikut trend dunia masa terkini. bagi saya lah ah. chawie lah trend nya ani. becalak lah, bejurit lagi tu di mall ah! ehh wanggg! mana bapa mu lai? tau mamamu kau bejalan ani?? stay tah drumah wang, blajar ngaji kah, pmb taun dapan inda lagi lama. karang ujung2 masuk askar , masuk polis, bisai sudah tu masuk askar bekerita swift lama. krang jadi pendadah mati macam jim morisson, kurt cobain? aduh... cool kali ah bagi mu mati cematu..
cuba liat band the beatles. bagus kan? famous kan? revolutionary ? ramai bini2 suka? tapi cuba liat john lennon mati semata2 oleh obessesed fan. haha . sekali liat band yang di influence nya. the oasis. bagus kan hidup dorang atu? patut di ikut budaya minum? budaya menginject ke tangan. nyaman rasanya? tedapat kan tu di brunei inject2 atu. ujung2 nyabu ngisap gam saja kamu. haha.
aduh. padas padasss..
moral of the story is: jangan di banar2 banari music ani. jadi gila olehnya.
so cheer up, emo kid!
cuba liat band the beatles. bagus kan? famous kan? revolutionary ? ramai bini2 suka? tapi cuba liat john lennon mati semata2 oleh obessesed fan. haha . sekali liat band yang di influence nya. the oasis. bagus kan hidup dorang atu? patut di ikut budaya minum? budaya menginject ke tangan. nyaman rasanya? tedapat kan tu di brunei inject2 atu. ujung2 nyabu ngisap gam saja kamu. haha.
aduh. padas padasss..
moral of the story is: jangan di banar2 banari music ani. jadi gila olehnya.
so cheer up, emo kid!
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